Enabling the student to write a good thesis : combining information retrieval with the writing process

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Working from the information retrieval model
of Carol Kuhlthau (2004), and the pedagogical
approach to writing of Bean (1996) and Dysthe
(1999), we put their theories into practice.
Through the project ”Digital literacy through
flexible learning: Information search and use
of information sources in writing theses”, we
are developing a web-based learning system
called ”Søk & Skriv” (Search and Write)1,
which is especially designed for distance
learning students at postgraduate level.
The focus of this paper is on the students’
writing process. We regard this process as
of major importance, since access to the
academic community lies in the skills of
writing and using information retrieval as an
instrument to present one’s own research.